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An Abuja Federal High Court has fixed April 26, 2022 for judgment in a suit by the former chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, to stop the Senate from probing him on alleged public misconduct. ....
ADVERTISEMENT Sagwak’s account makes the removal of the CCT chairman urgent. But the government seems somnolent. Sagwak, a Banex Plaza security guard, pointed out to the CCT Chairman that he parked his car wrongly… That was Sagwak’s singular offense. The effrontery to tell the CCT Chairman to follow the rules. Nigeria is blessed with clowns. Everywhere you go, a piece of buffoonery awaits you. Sometimes, the feeling is that of living in a vast amusement park. Otherwise, how can a Code of Conduct Tribunal Chairman go in search of a roforofo fight with a security guard in a market? The country is replete with motor park urchins in high places. As bewildered folks gathered to restrain Umar, he broke loose and kicked the poor boy in the face. Square pegs have found themselves in round holes and years of grooming in high government offices seem incapable of reforming calcified rascality from early years of lousy upbringing. ....
Advertisement Colleagues of Onyiuke told TheCable during a visit to the plaza that he was detained on Monday last week, hours after Umar was caught beating up a guard at a popular plaza. The CCT chairman was said to have ordered the arrest of the 34-year-old for allegedly insulting him when he visited Banex plaza. Before then, Umar had beaten up a security man who had told him his vehicle was parked in the wrong space when he arrived at the plaza. Advertisement In his defence, Ibraheem Al-Hassan, CCT spokesperson, said the guard was rude and could not provide a reasonable explanation why Umar should not park in the said space. ....
Onnoghen (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) Immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, did not know he was stirring an hornet’s nest when he reflected on circumstances that surrounded his unceremonious removal in 2019. Speaking during a dinner to mark his 70th anniversary at his residence in Asokoro, Abuja, recently, the former CJN said he was surprised at his sudden removal, noting that throughout his judicial career, he lived an upright life. Some of the dignitaries at the colourful dinner included Justice Mahmud Mohammed (retd); a former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Kumai Akaahs; the Chief Judge of Borno State, Justice Kashim Zannah; President of Nigerian Bar Association; Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) and Chief Rafiu Lawal-Rabana (SAN), among others. ....